Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
I would also be *very* wary of reports from
partisans of what ArbCom
has done, or has been doing this year.
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Also remember that critics of ArbCom have more
time to devote to
spinning things their way. Individual arbitrators, and ArbCom as a
whole, often don't have time to respond to protracted and drawn-out
(over months and years sometimes) criticisms of previous or current
decisions. That is a weakness of the model. The single-minded person
can, through a process of continual misrepresentation without
rebuttal, gradually wear people down and effectively rewrite the story
of what happened.
I appreciate that Arbcom may be understaffed, and I estimate that
needs to be triple its current size.** But the notion that hard
limitations on signal are required for thoughtful deliberation is a
false one.
I believe you are misreading what is said here. It is not being stated
that Arbcom has no time to do the job. Rather, it is being stated that
if it wants to do the job, it doesn't also have the time to deal with
all the heckling and rewriting of history that can go on after a case is
closed.
Charles